{"id":74959,"date":"2024-04-25T23:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T03:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=74959"},"modified":"2024-04-25T23:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T03:58:21","slug":"warriors-stephen-curry-wins-clutch-player-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/25\/warriors-stephen-curry-wins-clutch-player-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Superstar Wins Another NBA Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday night, Golden State Warriors guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Curry<\/a> was named the 2024 Clutch Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old out a field that included Chicago Bulls swingman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/derozde01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMar DeRozan<\/a> and Oklahoma City Thunder guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gilgesh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>. A two-time NBA MVP and four-time NBA champion, Curry\u2019s legend continues to grow after emerging as the best shooter in NBA history. Curry is the second player to win the award, following Sacramento Kings guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxde01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It was a relatively narrow victory for Curry, who amassed 298 total points to DeRozan\u2019s 272 total points. DeRozan, a six-time All-Star and one of the best scorers in NBA history, finished with 34 first-place votes. While it was 11 fewer votes than Curry received, the gap between he and Gilgeous-Alexander (11 first-place votes) was more than double that.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA Clutch Player of the Year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vAEzGmiZS3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vAEzGmiZS3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/1783635357961015760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Per ESPN\u2019s Stats &amp; Info (h\/t ESPN\u2019s Kendra Andrews), Curry led the league with 189 total points in clutch time on 49.6 percent shooting from the field, 45.7 percent from 3, and 95.1 percent shooting from the charity stripe. Curry also had made 12 shots to tie the game or give the Warriors the lead in the last two minutes and seven shots to tie the game or give the Warriors the lead in the last 24 seconds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stephen Curry wins Clutch Player of the Year. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNStatsInfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ESPNStatsInfo<\/a>, in clutch time he &#8230;<br \/>\n&#8211; led the league with 189 points<br \/>\n&#8211; hit 32 3-pointers<br \/>\n&#8211; had a 49.6\/45.7\/95.1 shooting split<br \/>\n&#8211; had 12 game-tying\/go-aheads in the last 2 minutes<br \/>\n&#8211; had 7 game-tying\/go-aheads in the last 24 sec<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kendra Andrews (@kendra__andrews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kendra__andrews\/status\/1783634553032130772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Curry averaged 26.4 points and 5.1 assists per game in 2023-24, shooting 40.3 percent from 3.<\/p>\n<h3>Other NBA Award Winners<\/h3>\n<p>This week, Philadelphia 76ers guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maxeyty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Maxey<\/a> and Minnesota Timberwolves big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reidna01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naz Reid<\/a> were also announced as award-winners.<\/p>\n<p>Maxey won the NBA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/23\/sixers-tyrese-maxey-walks-away-nba-most-improved-player-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Most Improved Player of the Year Award<\/a> after averaging 25.9 points and 6.2 assists per game on 37.3 percent shooting from 3. He\u2019s the first player to win the award <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thedunkcentral\/status\/1783215448210694405?s=46&amp;t=wi4lwy44ptAPzCOfNGn4lw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">after averaging 20 points per game<\/a> the previous season. However, his ability to step up in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardeja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Harden<\/a>\u2019s trade helped the Sixers make the playoffs while beginning the season with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a> as their lone All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>Reid won the NBA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/24\/2024-nba-sixth-man-of-the-year-winner-announced-naz-reid-minnesota-timberwolves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Sixth Man of the Year Award<\/a> in a stunning victory. Many would have predicted Kings guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/monkma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malik Monk<\/a> to have won the award after he averaged a career-high \u00a015.4 points and 5.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>A late season injury sustained by Monk and Timberwolves star big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/townska01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> may have influenced the voter\u2019s decision. Minnesota went 12-6 without Towns, largely due to Reid\u2019s play. In that stretch, the New Jersey native averaged 17.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 42.6 percent from 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday night, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was named the 2024 Clutch Player of the Year. The 35-year-old out a field that included Chicago Bulls swingman DeMar DeRozan and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. A two-time NBA MVP and four-time NBA champion, Curry\u2019s legend continues to grow after emerging as the best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":74962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1608,8,21,62,3,22,13],"tags":[350,700,1881,1143,48,2478],"class_list":["post-74959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-warriors","category-basketball","category-bulls","category-timberwolves","category-nba","category-news","category-thunder","category-76ers","tag-demar-derozan","tag-malik-monk","tag-naz-reid","tag-nba-awards","tag-stephen-curry","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}